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[angeloftruth]

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[aglows]

That would be sad if you weren't such an asshole.

[angeloftruth]

Sad? Why sad?

[aglows]

Because I saw the shades. The echoes of people you lost. It's been so long, and you still miss them.

[angeloftruth]

[Rude.]

Grief doesn't just stop, hero, despite what people may tell you. Grief stays with you for the rest of your life. Think about what that means for me.

[aglows]

I've lost people, too. But I would not sacrifice another to bring them back.

[angeloftruth]

And you will never live with your grief like I have.

Do not compare us. You cannot *fathom* what it's like.

[aglows]

One person's grief does not outride another's. I can fathom enough.

[angeloftruth]

So you've had the nightmares and the memories and the fever dreams for eons upon eons, have you? You've felt half-mad with the grief because everywhere you look the world is mocking your dead loved ones and has been for centuries? You've forgotten what it's like not to have the cries of the dead haunting your sleep after the first few millennia? Forgotten your mother's face, your brother's voice, your lover's smile, only to see broken and shattered pieces of them everywhere you go?

You can *never* fathom what I've been through, Dunya. Do not try.

[aglows]

( She doesn't respond for a while. )

My tribe was attacked one day when I was young. Most were killed. Half of who remained were captured. Those of us who could fled to Hingashi. Some were my family who were lost to us. Yet, I returned to the Steppes and even won the Nadaam. I am a princess without my birthright, and I took it back without sacrificing others.

Do not assume I cannot fathom your pain simply because I am not immortal, Ascian.

[angeloftruth]

Your pain is a shallow, weaker pain to the sort I've felt by its very nature. It will never deepen to the point mine has. It can't. You'll die before then.

[aglows]

Pain is not shallow because it's fresher. Bite your tongue.

[angeloftruth]

I will not apologize for speaking the truth. You literally cannot fathom it, hero, because you cannot conceive of so great a lifespan. Your pain is shallower than mine simply because it can never fester as long. It is a fact. Not an insult.

[aglows]

It's self absorption on your part to think only your pain and the pain of immortals matter.

[angeloftruth]

With lives so fragile and short, it would be a waste to think otherwise.

[aglows]

Only because you make it that way.

[angeloftruth]

You live up to, what, a hundred years? Don't blame me for that.

[aglows]

I mean in how you don't see value because our lives are shorter. It may not last as long, but it's just as important, just as valid.

[angeloftruth]

Nothing you say will change my mind. You are wasting your time.

[aglows]

I owe it to everyone to try anyway.

[angeloftruth]

You don't.

[aglows]

I do.

[angeloftruth]

I'm not going to argue with you like a child.

[aglows]

If all you see me as is a short lived child, why not do it anyway. I'm not going to shut up because you're a grumpy grandpa who has his head up his ass

[angeloftruth]

I'm sorry?

What did you just call me?

[aglows]

A grumpy grandpa who has his head up his ass

It's rather apt if I say so myself